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Open Thread: Kansas City Chiefs v. Jacksonville Jaguars
by Chris Thorman on Nov 8, 2009 11:00 AM CST
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When: Noon, Central time
Where: Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
Jaguars on SBN: Big Cat Country
Update 11:47 AM: Andy Alleman will replace Mike Goff as the starting RG.
Coverage of the game leading up to now is here.
Football is finally back. This feels great.
Here are the inactives for today:
- QB Matt Gutierrez (3rd)
- CB Donald Washington
- S Jon McGraw
- G/T Ikechuku Ndukwe
- WR Bobby Wade
- TE Jake O’Connell
- TE Brad Cottam
- LB Pierre Walters
Get your predictions in early for the game today. I'm going to 20 to 13 in favor of KC.
GOOOOOOOO CHIEFS!!!
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Chiefs Inactives: WR Bobby Wade, FS Jon McGraw
by Joel Thorman on Nov 8, 2009 10:43 AM CST
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As expected, Chiefs free safety Jon McGraw is not active. He's been suffering from an injury and is expected to be replaced by SS DaJuan Morgan.
The surprise here is the deactivation of WR Bobby Wade. I considered him possibly the second best receiver on the team. Well, that's before Chris Chambers came on board.
It's possible Wade is the victim of Chambers addition. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
WR Lance Long is active and probably beats out Wade because he plays special teams. He's definitely a "Haley guy."
Here are the rest of the inactives, courtesy of Josh Looney at KCChiefs.com.
QB Matt Gutierrez (3rd)
CB Donald Washington
S Jon McGraw
G/T Ikechuku Ndukwe
WR Bobby Wade
TE Jake O’Connell
TE Brad Cottam
LB Pierre Walters
Notable inactive from the Jaguars: Former Chiefs T Jordan Black.
Dang.
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Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles is Getting Some Fantasy Football Attention
by Joel Thorman on Nov 8, 2009 10:32 AM CST
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Although he's currently owned in 43% of Yahoo! fantasy leagues, Kansas City Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles is getting some attention. When Larry Johnson's suspension was announced, I was excited because, as you can probably guess, I have Charles on my fantasy team.
Michael Berry and Merrill Hoge appeared on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown this morning and offered up Charles as a starter for fantasy folks.
Berry begins, "In limited time this year, he's averaged 5 yards a carry. Now he faces the Jacksonville Jags giving up over 120 rushing yards per game. Remember the last time he got double digit carries? Last year he got it once. Over 100 yards."
Charles rushed the ball 18 times for 106 yards against the Raiders.
A good and, let's face it, optimistic report on Charles.
Hoge continued, "What I like about him is that he's got excellent feet, he gets in an out of the hole and he breaks tackles. And, he is a decisive runner. You get him sealed on a corner, a seal here and a seal there, and hits the alley right there.
"Fantasy fans love when you get yards and touchdowns, that means points."
Are you any of you one of the 43% of Charles fantasy football owners?
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The Chiefs will have to release their inactives about 90 minutes before the game.
Any surprises on who will be active or inactive?
Chiefs QB Cassel Has Shot at a Big Day Against Sackless Jaguars
by Joel Thorman on Nov 8, 2009 8:55 AM CST
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(Editor's Note: I am just now realizing the irony in the title to this post)
If you were ever wondering what a game between the 2009 Chiefs and the 2008 Chiefs would be like this is probably the closest we're going to get. The Chiefs historically low 10 total sacks last season was a large part of the reason it seemed every quarterback that came into town walked away with a career day.
Today, Matt Cassel could be that quarterback. The Jaguars currently have a NFL low 5 sacks through 7 games.
They are on pace to barely surpass the 2008 Chiefs. Here are a few of the bigger days opposing quarterbacks have had in 7 games.
- Peyton Manning - 28/38, 301 yards, 1 TD
- Kurt Warner: 24/26, 243 yards, 2 TDs
- Matt Schaub: 26/35, 300 yards, 3 TDs
- Matt Hasselbeck: 18/30, 241 yards, 4 TDs
- Vince Young: 15/18, 125 yards, 1 TD
I'm not saying Matt Cassel is Peyton Manning, Matt Schaub (yet) or Kurt Warner. He's not at that level. But I do believe the Hasselbeck(4 TDs) and Vince Young (15/18) numbers are worth mentioning.
If Matt Cassel has the time today, we can begin to get a good read on what he'll be like when/if there is a more talented offensive line.
If he has more time today, does Matt Cassel put up bigger numbers?
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Chiefs PR is at the stadium ready for the game. This is a shot from the Jags press box.
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Former Chief Pollard Didn't Like Haley's Cursing
by Joel Thorman on Nov 8, 2009 7:41 AM CST
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NJ Chiefs Fan linked a story in Arrowheadlines this morning that I was going to mention (even though I should have known he was going to beat me to it).
We've been hearing about Bernard Pollard playing well with the Texans as of late. Their run stopping has improved, the players like his attitude and he is by many accounts very happy with the way the situation turned out.
Of course, the Chiefs are currently reeling at free safety and it's not like Pollard's replacements at strong safety have gone without criticism.
Pollard talked to the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette about his time under Todd Haley with the Chiefs. Quotes after the jump and I can't mention Fort Wayne without linking this Pollard video.
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